Daniel kpps



D. KOPS..

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, |919.

Patented Oct. 7,1919.

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, ning upwardly when in a standing To all whom t may concern: Y

provement in Apparel-Corsets,

`pit narily the corsets fit sufficiently tight-at Vthe top to Y Vof including theV upper ends of theyfront forward position,

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pplicaton-ledMay 2, 1

Be it known thatI, DANIEL Kors,f a.citi- Azen of the United States, residing-ind the Aborough of Manhattan, lcity,

county, anV State of New York, have invented an Imof which the following is a specification. f

This invention relates to an apparel corset and particularly to that type of corset commonly designated a low top corset such as are more or less commonly worn at thepresy.ent time. In this type ofpcorset, thetop thereof is made sollow thatjtheupperends of the front steels lie practically evers-the of the stomach of the wearer,land ordicause the upperfrontedges theresteels to dig into the pit of the stomabh Vof thewearer when in a sitting orina leaning or practically in'any usual position. This as will be understood is not only uncomfortable, but `oftentimes disadvantageous tothe health-Theobject o f my present invention is to overcome this diliiculty, and in so doing, in each part of the corset body made in Yaccordance with I employ ser members mnfrom the robin section of the corset and preferablydiverging toward the upper edge thereof, the same .being placed adjacent or in close proximity to theA front steel, together withY means tending to maintain the lower end of thestay me bers in a substantially `straight position, thereby forcing the upper ends of the stay members and front steels outwardly Y orvleaning position, the lower ends of the said membersbeing adapted to lie within the groin section ofthe-body of the wearer when in a sitting position so as to also force the lower ends ofv thesameV inwardly and the upper endstogether with the upper ends of the front steels outwardly.

In this construction also, the upper en sof the front steels are my invention,

preferably made toterminate an appreciable/distance below the upper edges of thev garment. In the drawing: f f f Figure 1 is a perspec ive view illustrating1 an apparel corset made in accordance 'witi this invention. Fig. 2 is anenlarged elevation. ,ofthe Specification of Letters Patent.

'tien of vthe body,

Patented-oats, l1919.

919. Serial No. 294,152.

inner side ofthe front portion of the corset garment illustrating" my invention.

Fig. 3 is a similar view illustrating and vother. rform of the invention, and

Fig. 4 is across section on linel-Jl, Fig. 3.y i Y Y Referring to the drawing, and particularly to Figs..1 and 2, it will be seen that in carrying outthis invention, the corsetv garment made in accordanceftherewith is preferablyy constructed in the usual corset body halves indicated respectively at .and 11. These corse body halves are provided with eyelets running along the back edges thereof to; receive the'usual laces for adjusting the garmentto position, and in the front of the corset bodyhalf l10 there is theusual front steel 12, and in the front o half 11 a 12 and 13 are provided with the usual clasps 141 byv which they are connected to one another. l Y l In each corset body partv adjacent the front steel thereof, I employ stay members Aindicated at 15. and 16 respectively. These stay membersy are placed in stay. Ypockets formed by suitable lines of stitching which, as shownin Fig. 2, eXtendfrom vtheylower edge of they garment as indicated at 17 to thev upper edge thereof, and divergingupwardly, while the respective stayV members v andsl vplaced in these pocketsextend from the groin section of the garment as indicated approximately, at 18 toward the upper edge thereof so thatthey also diverge from the groin section.upwardly. Attached to thelower edge of the garment at the lower .ends of the linesofstitching forming .thel stay pockets, there is a hose supporter 19 which in use, as will'now be understood exerts a` tension vtending to maintain the lower ends of the stay` members in a straight position when ,the wearer is standing or leaning forward, which naturally will tend to force the Vupper ends vof the stay members outwardly, vandwhen they wearer of the .gar- Vment is in a seated position, thelower ends of the stay members itinto the. groin secvtending to have the same indicated in Fig. 2, the the garment between the 4vcomjgrise an insert 20 rubber, 'fabris ,Y t. or other action. Also as upper portion of stay members may medea of 1 suitable v l f the corset body corset steel 13. These corset steels yielding material. It will also be noted, as indicated in this ligure, that the upper ends of the corset steels as indicated at 21 terminate an appreciable distance below the upper -Y ,lower edge of the corset, the same maybe terminated at, or immediately below the groin section as indicated at 22 so that the lower end of the stay members terminate at approximately the section between the lin/es of stitching forming the pockets therefor as indicated at 23. In this structure, Il employ a loop memfber made of suitable tapeV or other material as indicated at 24. One end of this loop member is secured to the lower end of the ygarment and the opposite end to the lower ends of the lines of stitching forming the stay pockets as indicated at 22. Suitably attached to the loop member 24 is a hose supporter member 25. `Aswill no-w be understood, in this construction the pull or tension by thehose supporter member is directed immediately or approximately at the lower ends lof the stay members and the function and action of the parts in the garment thus constructed are similar in all respects to those hereinb'efore described in connection with the other form of the invention. That is to say, when in a standing position, the tension of the hose supporter tends to maintain thelower ends of the stays in a straight position thereby forcing the upper ends outwardly, while in a seated p0,- sition, the lower endsy of the stay members t vwithin the groin section of the wearer, having the same tendency, and in viewy of the fact that the stay members diverge upwardly in the form of a fan, the entire forward upper edge of the garment including the front steel members adjacent which these stay mem'bers are placed is forced outwardly and consequently the tendency toA dig into the pit of the stomach of the wearer is overcome.

I claim as my invention: l. In an apparelcorset in which the upper edge of the garment is below the bust and in each corset body party thereof, stay members extending from the ,groin section and' diverging upwardly therefrom toward the upper edge of the garment so that the lower end s of the stays in being maintained in close proximity to the body of the wearer force the upper endsr of the stays outwardly to prevent the upper ends of the corset steels from digging into the pit of thestomach lof Hthe wearer. Y

2. In an apparel corset .in which the upper edge of the garment is below thebust and in each corset body part thereof, stay members Gopies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each,

the garment, and stay in close proximity to the front steel and extending upwardly and diverging to-ward the upper edge of the garment so that when in a seated position, the lower ends of the stays fit into the groin of the wearer, tending to force the upper ends of the stays and corset steels outwardly to prevent the latter from digging into the pit of the stomach of the wearer, and means associated with the said stay members, tending when the wearer of the garment is in a standing position to maintain the lower ends of the stays in a straight position and thus move the upperl ends of the stays outwardly.

3. In an apparel corset in which the upper edge of the garment is below the bust and in each corset body part thereof,stay members in close proximity to the front steel and extending upwardly and diverging toward the upper edge of the garment so that when 1n a seated position, the lower ends of the stays fit into the groin of the wearer, tending to force the upper ends of the stays and corset'steels outwardly to prevent the latter from digging into the pit of the stomach ofthe wearer, a yielding insert member in the upper edge of the garment between the upper ends-lof the stay members,'and means associated with the saidvstay members, tending when the wearer of the garment isin a standing position to maintain the lower ends of the stay members in a straight position and thus move the upper ends of the stays outwardly.

4. In an apparel corset in which the upper edge of the garment is below the bust and yin each eorsetbody part thereof, a corset steel in the front edge terminating an appreciable distance below the upper edge of members extending from the groin section wardly therefrom and terminating at the upper Vedge of the garment so. that the lower ends of the said stays in being maintained in close proximity to the bodyof the wearer, force the upper ends of said stays outwardly. 5. In an apparel corset in which the upper edge of the garment is below the bust and in each corset body par-t thereof, a, corset steel in the front edgeterminating 'an appreciable distance below the upper edge of the garment, stay members extending from the gro-in section and diverging upwardly therefrom andv terminating at the upper edge of the garment so that the lower ends of the said Vstays in being maintained in close proximity to the body of the wearer, force thefupper ends of said stays outwardly, Aand a yielding insertmember in the upper' edge of the garment 'between the upper ends of the stay members.

Signed by me this 28th day of April, 1919. i DANIEL KOPSv by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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